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States of Nature

Animality and the Polis
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States of Nature investigates the removal of the animal and its moral import from accounts of the human in political thought. By engaging some of the most foundational Western political texts (from Plato’s Republic to Locke’s Two Treatises to Rousseau’s Discourse on Inequality), this work shows how the human and animal are intertwined in the creation of government, and in particular, in social contract theory. These political transitions are connected to transformations in the view of human nature that lead to the suppression of the animality of human life, as seen in Descartes’ account of the metaphysics of man. States of Nature concludes by arguing for a new, vital, and relational approach toward animality as a foundation for our animal and environmental obligations.

Author Biography:

Christopher La Barbera is Assistant Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Humanities at Colby-Sawyer College. La Barbera also serves as Book Review Editor for the International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics. He has research interests in social-political philosophy, bioethics, gender studies, and environmental philosophy. He received his PhD from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Release date Australia
July 12th, 2012
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Edition
New edition
Pages
123
ISBN-13
9781433115677
Product ID
20687444

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